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SERVING THE COASTAL COMMUNITY SINCE 1958 NO 6782 FRIDAY 31 AUGUST 2018 Tel: +264 64 - 205854 / +264 64 - 461866 /Fax: +264 64 - 204813 / 064 - 461824 / Website: www.namibtimes.net
Forced to apologise Woman paraded through Walvis Bay state hospital and forced to apologise for sharing her ordeal with namib times
Eileen van der Schyff
Earth tremors felt at Usakos
Two earth tremors between 18:00 and The woman, who alleges she has been receiving treatment for a septic operation wound 19:00 on Monday have Usakos residents without being administered an anaesthetic at the Walvis Bay state hospital, was paraded pondering whether it could have through the hospital this week by the Acting Regional Director of the Erongo Regional something to do with the series of Health Directorate, Dr. Amir Shaker, and forced to apologise to hospital staff seemingly for earthquakes around the globe in recent talking to namib times over her painful ordeal. Dr. Shaker denies this allegation. days. Are these tremors as a result of the earth's ever as the newsdesk editor, confirming he is The woman received a caesarean cut at the Rehoboth state hospital several weeks ago. Her investigating the matter, but also requested that all changing geological arrangement as a result of baby that was born by the caesarean articles over any state hospital in the region must earth quakes? Several Usakos residents confirmed the tremors. only be published after he scrutinized it. unfortunately died twenty eight days later. She lost her confidence in the state medical care With neither the reply from the ministry nor any One resident confirmed feeling the tremors some at Rehoboth and traveled to Walvis Bay with the confirmation by Dr. Shaker that he completed the 5km north west of Usakos in the direction of hope of receiving better treatment, as she was investigation, namib times was informed by a text Ameib and a second felt the tremors on a farm noticing that her operation wound was message from a family member of the woman some 15km east of the town in the direction of the Navachab gold mine. becoming septic. She turned to the Walvis Bay who suffered the ordeal. She alleges in this text “The tremors were definitely coming from the message that was sent on Wednesday of this week state hospital for treatment. direction of the mine. There was no blasting She told the newspaper the wound was opened the woman was asked by Dr. Shaker to come in. though”, said one resident. and treated without her being administered an He [Dr. Shaker] would bring a surgeon to treat the “Maybe this is a tiny seismic event in the bigger anaesthetic. She became hysterical from pain, septic operation wound. global picture of earthquakes the past days around but the doctor who treated her arrogantly At the hospital the surgeon found the wound was the globe”, another said. replied: “Don't be such a sissy”. She was given a Continues on page 2 Panado for the pain. When the doctor gave the work over to a nurse to complete, the woman became so hysterical that the nurse stopped cleaning the wound and instead told the woman “go and never to return to the hospital”. The nurse allegedly also told her she [the nurse] cannot quite understand why she was reacting so hysterically as “all women go through this procedure at the Walvis Bay state hospital”. After the woman’s story appeared in the Eileen van der Schyff newspaper, namib times made contact with the The charred remains of a newborn baby was found in the dunes a mere 250 meters from the Acting Regional Director of the Erongo nearest homes in Narraville on Tuesday. This shocking discovery was on the same day as an Regional Health Directorate, Dr. Amir Shaker, equally horrifying discovery in Windhoek of a nine year old girl who was murdered, her by email and directed questions to him over allegations made by the woman. The newspaper body burnt and mutilated. also asked whether the incident will be A boy playing made the discovery in the dunes on concealment of birth is now under investigation. investigated. Tuesday. The brutality against Namibian It is reported the baby’s charred remains were Dr. Shaker replied to the email, confirming the children has sent shockwaves throughout found late in the afternoon on Tuesday. [28 public relations division of the Ministry of Namibian society this week. August]. Health and Social Services will reply to The Namibian Police’s spokesperson for Erongo, At the scene, the Police found the charred allegations made in the article. To date, nine Deputy Commissioner Erastus Iikuyu confirmed remains half buried in the sand. days have passed without this reply issued by the the incident of the discovery of the charred According to the Deputy Commissioner Iikuyu, public relations department. remains of the newborn and said a case of Continues on page 2 Dr. Shaker then telephoned the reporter as well
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